Software Development and Management

Question 1

Multiple choice

At which stage do errors occur while developing a software?

At designing stage
At implementing stage
At coding stage

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At any stage

Question 2

Multiple choice

The two basic driving factors of software are ___________ and __________________.

flow chart, charting coding
quality, cost
quantity, quality

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algorithms, programs

Question 3

Multiple choice

What is the key term applied to an abstraction of a system?

Abstract software
Abbreviated software
Decentralize

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Divide and conquer

Question 4

Multiple choice

Which is the costliest phase of software development?

Analysis
Coding
Testing

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Maintenance

Question 5

Multiple choice

The number of factors that determine software quality can be combined into one

standard measure
refined program
procedure group

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quality metric

Question 6

Multiple choice

Which of the following tools is not normally used during system analysis?

System flowchart
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Grid chart

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Program flow chart

Question 7

Multiple choice

Two common ways in which modules can be combined, as they are tested, to form a working program are

primary and secondary.
FIFO and LIFO.
structural and linear

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top-down and bottom-up.

Question 8

Multiple choice

Which of the following are the elements of an object-oriented analysis model?

Behavioral elements
Class-based elements
Scenario-based elements

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Data elements

Question 9

Multiple choice

UML activity diagrams are useful in representing which analysis model elements?

Behavioral elements
Class-based elements
Flow-based elements

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Scenario-based elements

Question 10

Multiple choice

Control flow diagrams are

needed to model event driven systems
required for all systems
useful for modeling real-time systems

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for both (1) and (3)

Question 11

Multiple choice

Which of the following is/are area(s) of concern in the design model?

Architecture
Data
Interfaces

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All of the above

Question 12

Multiple choice

The importance of software design can be summarized in a single word called

accuracy
complexity
efficiency
quality

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both (2) and (3)

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errors in the program

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The top-level algorithm is designed first.

Question 13

Multiple choice

A useful technique for evaluating the overall complexity of a proposed architecture is to look at the component, known as

cohesion flow
dependencies
sharing dependencies

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Question 14

Multiple choice

The cyclomatic complexity metric provides the designer with information regarding the number of

cycles in the program
independent logic paths in the program
statements in the program

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Question 15

Multiple choice

Which of the following is/are not true about object-oriented design?

The focus is on data and associated operations.
Data plays the primary role; control flow is secondary.
Both (1) and (3)

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Software Development and Management

Software Development and Management Questions